Otago Chess Club 2010 Championship Winners – 14 December
Standard
Rapid
Senior
1st= John Sutherland
1st= Iain Lamont
3rd Bob Wansink
Senior
1st John Sutherland
2nd Iain Lamont
3rd Bob Wansink
Intermediate
1st Brent Southgate
2nd= Patrick Dawson
2nd= David Reid
2nd= Terry Duffield
Intermediate
1st Geoff Aimers
2nd Charlie Ruffman
3rd Patrick Dawson
Junior
1st Charlie Ruffman
2nd= Leighton Nicholls
2nd= Elliot Munro
Junior
1st Remi Ritchie
2nd John Armstrong
3rd= Elliot Munro & Joel Smith
Perpetual Handicap
1st Iain Lamont
2nd Charlie Ruffman
3rd Patrick Dawson
Perpetual Handicap
1st Charlie Ruffman
2nd Joel Smith
3rd John Sutherland
Blitz 1st Robert Wansink
Perpetual Handicap championship – 14 December
At the end of the 2011 year the highest improvers on club ratings were:
Standard
1st Iain Lamont +75
2nd Charlie Ruffman +50
3rd Patrick Dawson +47
Rapid
1st Charlie Ruffman +55
2nd Joel Smith +51
3rd John Sutherland +49
Closing night – 14 December
The last club night of the year saw a 6-player hourglass roundrobin with one minute each on the clock. For those that don't know this time limit it will be used in the first event of 2011 - with 10 minutes each, so here was some useful practice. The result was a triumph from youth over experience: 1 Leighton Nicholls 4½/5, 2 Charlie Ruffman 4, 3 Quentin Johnson 3½, 4-6 Tom Mottershead, Brent Southgate & John Armstrong 1.
Otago Summer Rapid – 11 December
The repeat of the Summer Rapid event of last year saw a very healthy turnout of 22 players. Along with the usual suspects there was a strong turnout of juniors both from the club and the Dunedin Junior Chess Academy, looking to gain experience by mixing it with the adults. In addition top of that was interest from outside Dunedin in Moss Wylie, Ross Black, as well as the Rains brothers coming down from Christchurch to compete. An finally a sprinkling of overseas players in the form of either students or tourists. It was one of these, Daniel Fox, who plays in Germany, who won the event with a picket fence. Seeded number one, he beat the next three seeds in the last three rounds to see off all competition. Second was shared by John Sutherland, Quentin Johnson and Edward Rains (who won the U1700 grade). The Junior/2nd U1700 grade prize was split by Tim Rains, Amanda Hipshon (ENG) and Charlie Ruffman, with Amanda taking the best girls prize ahead of Sarah Atkins. The U1000 prize was shared by David Moratti and Leighton Nicholls.
With many players still completing championship games, the way was left clear for Quentin Johnson to win the Summer 60-60 tournament with 5/5. Second went to Hamish Gold on 3 points ahead of John Sutherland and Tom Mottershead on 2½ having played just 2 and 3 games respectively. Former president Tony Dowden made a guest appearance in round one to beat Charlie Ruffman while visiting Dunedin.
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5
1 Johnson, QUENTIN 5 13:W 8:W 4:W 2:W 6:W
2 Gold, HAMISH R 3 16:W 3:L 8:W 1:L 5:W
3 Sutherland, JOHN L 2.5 0: 2:W 0:L 0:L 7:W
4 Mottershead, TOM 2.5 0: 5:W 1:L 0:L 10:W
5 Ruffman, CHARLIE 2 15:L 4:L 20:W 6:W 2:L
6 Nicholls, LEIGHTON 2 8:L 13:W 10:W 5:L 1:L
7 Lamont, IAIN 1.5 17:W 0:D 0:L 0:L 3:L
8 Reid, DAVID M 1 6:W 1:L 2:L 0:L 0:L
9 Duffield, TERENCE 1 0:D 0:D 0:L 0:L 0:L
10 Moratti, DAVID 1 0: 12:D 6:L 0:L 4:L
11 Fukushima, SHOJI 1 0: 0: 17:W 0:L 0:L
12 Armstrong, JOHN F 1 0:D 10:D 0:L 0:L 0:L
13 Southgate, BRENT 1 1:L 6:L 0:L 0:L 14:W
14 Munro, ELLIOT 1 0: 0: 0: 20:W 13:L
15 Dowden, R ANTHONY 1 5:W 0: 0: 0: 0:
16 Kim, KAN .5 2:L 0:D 0:L 0:L 0:L
17 Xu, LOGAN .5 7:L 0:D 11:L 0:L 0:L
18 BROWN, JOSEPH .5 0: 0: 0: 0: 19:D
19 SMITH, JOEL .5 0: 0: 0: 0: 18:D
20 Lai, KENG YIN 0 0: 0: 5:L 14:L 0:L
Otago Club Championship leg 2 – 1 December
Iain Lamont won his last two games to tie with John Sutherland for overall first and take out his first Senior Championship title.
No more games were played in the B and C Grades, so Brent Southgate is the Intermediate champion with an aggregate score of 7½ and Charlie Ruffman is the Junior champion for 2010.
Otago Club Championship leg 2 – 27 October
John Sutherland is assured of retaining the Otago Club Championship in 2010 with a game in hand, as his closest rival Iain Lamont with two games to play can at best only tie for overall first. Bob Wansink made a welcome return to club play and scored and impressive 4/5 in the second leg, but cannot win on aggregate as he missed the first leg.
Patrick Dawson looks most likely to take the Intermediate title in 2010 as his aggregate score of 5 is only matched by David Reid, and he has three games in hand, though Bob Clarkson is only a half point behind with the same number of games to play.
Charlie Ruffman is the Junior champion for 2010, with an aggregate of 9 points - an unbeatable three-point lead over Elliot Munro and fast improving new junior member Leighton Nicholls. A Grade
Robert Wansink beat all comers to wink the Blitz championhip on 13/13* (* indicates that points were awarded when opponents had already gone home - to preserve equity between the front-runners), ahead of Quentin Johnson in second on 12/13*, Hamish Gold on 10/13* and Terry Duffield on 9/13*. Of those that could not stay to the end of the marathon round-robin, notable scores were Leighton Nicholls and Charlie Ruffman both on 5/8, new member Tom Mottershead on 4½/8 and Elliot Munro on 4/7.
Otago Rapid Championship leg 2 – 8 September
Robert Wansink made a successful return to club play in the A grade of the Rapid Championship - winning all six games. John Sutherland and Iain Lamont finished tied on 3 points each after Adrien Barral defaulted his two games to Lamont. That makes Sutherland the 2010 Otago Rapid Champion with a combined score of 8/12, ahead of Lamont on 6½ and Wansink (having only payed one leg) on 6.
With the withdrawal of Patrick Dawson from the B Grade 2nd leg, Geoff Aimers looks likely to win on 6/8 so far. I hesitate to comment on the rest at this stage, as too many games remain to be played which could affect the final standings. Update 27 Oct: Assuming no more games are played the final results for the Rapid Championsip 2010 are
Senior: 1st John Sutherland 8; 2nd Iain Lamont 6½; 3rd Bob Wansink 6
Intermediate: 1st Geoff Aimers 6¾; 2nd Charlie Ruffman 3¾; 3rd Patrick Dawson 3½
Junior: 1st Remi Ritchie 5; 2nd John Armstrong 4; 3rd= Elliot Munro & Joel Smith 3.
OT Rapid Chp 2010 A grade leg 2
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 WANSINK, ROBERT 6 2:W 3:W 4:W 2:W 3:W 4:W
2 LAMONT, IAIN 3 1:L 4:+ 3:W 1:L 4:+ 3:L
3 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L 3 4:W 1:L 2:L 4:W 1:L 2:W
4 BARRAL, ADRIEN FRAN 0 3:L 2:- 1:L 3:L 2:- 1:L
OT Rapid Chp 2010 B grade leg 2
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 RUFFMAN, CHARLIE 1.5 0:- 2:L 3:L 0:- 2:D 3:W
2 AIMERS, GEOFFREY 1.5 3:- 1:W 0:- 3:- 1:D 0:-
3 DUFFIELD, TERENCE 1 2:- 0:- 1:W 2:- 0:- 1:L
OT Rapid Chp 2010 C grade leg 2
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F 3.5 2:L 4:W 3:D 2:D 4:D 3:W
2 RITCHIE, REMI 2.5 1:W 3:D 4:- 1:D 3:D 4:-
3 SOUTHGATE, BRENT 1.5 4:- 2:D 1:D 4:- 2:D 1:L
4 BROWN, JOSEPH .5 3:- 1:L 2:- 3:- 1:D 2:-
OT Rapid Chp 2010 D grade leg 2
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 SMITH, JOEL 3.5 4:D 4:W 5:W 5:W 0: 0:
2 MORATTI, DAVID 3 0:- 0:- 3:L 3:W 5:W 5:W
3 MUNRO, ELLIOT 3 5:W 5:W 2:W 2:L 0: 0:
4 KIM, KAN .5 1:D 1:L 0:- 0:- 0: 0:
5 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON 0 3:L 3:L 1:L 1:L 2:L 2:L
Otago Club Championship leg 1 – 11 August
John Sutherland took out the first leg of the 2010 Club championship A grade, finishing with 4½/5 only dropping a draw to Quentin Johnson. Iain Lamont finished close on his heels at 4 points, with Johnson back in third on 3.
With a couple of games still to be completed in the B Grade, Patrick Dawson and Bob Clarkson are confirmed at finishing 1st and second on 4/5 and 3½ points respectively.
In the more chaotic C Grade, Charlie Ruffman on 4/6 and Elliot Munro on 3/4 are the leaders on points. A Grade
The huge increase in players this year from previous years meant that late entries had to be turned away from the 2010 Otago/Southland Junior championships. The final tally of 64 players split into two separate tournaments filled every avalaible tablke space inthe Otago Chess Club and some competitors had to share seats. Apologies are due to the players who were turned away, but there was no way to organise a bigger venue at the last minute. With players coming from Invercargill, Queenstown and Christchurch it was and enormous task to co-ordinate the players, and thanks are due to Clinton Rains for agreeing to be an assistant DOP.
In the event it was his son Timothy Rains (CBHS) who won all his games in the Over 13 event to take first prize, ahead of 5 players tied for 2nd on 4 point from 5 games: Patrick Dawson, Adam Scott, Charlie Ruffman (All Logan Park HS), Elliot Munro and Remi Ritchie (OBHS). Because Timothy is from outside the region he was ineligible and the others all sher the title of Otago/Southland Junior Champion 2010. Three of these players also shared the U16 prize: Charlie Ruffman (LPHS), Elliot Munro and Remi Ritchie (OBHS). The team prize went to the LPHS team of Patrick Dawson, Adam Scott and Cameron Vercoe-Groenen.
The Under 13 tournament managed to get through 6 rounds and had a clearcut leader and champion in Kan Kim (Balmacewen), who won all six games. He was foillowed in equal second place by John Paul Janerol (Verdon College) and Carlssen van Rooyen (Balmacewen) both on 5 points.
The 10-and-under forst placve went to Hamish Edwards (Otatara) on 4½ points ahead on Miro Star (home-schooled) on 4 in second place and a three-way tie for third on 3½ point between Max Louch, Jack Buchanan (both Maori Hill) and Sean Burrows (Otatara). The best girl prize went to Hebe Hilhorst (Wakatipu) on 4 points and the best team was Balmacewen (Kan Kim, Carlssen van Rooyen and Taine Box). View Otago Daily Times coverage and photo U20 and U16 crosstable, placings and teams scores
Otago/Southland Junior u13 Championship 2010
Cross Table
No Name Sch Age Rtg Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 KIM, KAN Balm 12 608 Balmacewen 6 29:W 15:W 20:W 2:W 5:W 6:W
2 JANEROL, JOHN PAUL Verd 11 5 3:W 27:W 10:W 1:L 15:W 12:W
3 VAN ROOYEN, CARLSSEN Balm 11 911 5 2:L 31:W 25:W 4:W 7:W 5:W
4 EDWARDS, HAMISH Otat 9 Otatara 4.5 17:W 21:W 9:D 3:L 16:W 13:W
5 WISEMAN, PALIN 11 402 Home School 4 8:W 6:W 16:W 7:W 1:L 3:L
6 KIRKPATRICK, LIAM Waka 11 Wakatipu HS 1 4 11:W 5:L 17:W 22:W 10:W 1:L
7 LEAPER, SAMUEL MH 8 Maori Hill 1 4 23:W 13:W 26:W 5:L 3:L 17:W
8 HILHORST, HEBE Waka 11 Wakatipu HS 1 4 5:L 33:W 11:W 10:L 26:W 22:W
9 CLAYTON, BEN StCl 11 349 4 16:L 29:W 4:D 14:W 12:D 18:W
10 STAR, MIRO 10 421 Home School 4 34:W 25:W 2:L 8:W 6:L 16:W
11 BOX, TAINE Balm 11 754 Balmacewen 4 6:L 14:W 8:L 25:W 28:W 15:W
12 LOUGH, MAX MH 8 Maori Hill 1 3.5 15:L 0:W 21:W 20:W 9:D 2:L
13 BUCHANAN, JACK MH 8 Maori Hill 1 3.5 14:D 7:L 35:W 18:W 27:W 4:L
14 BURROWS, SEAN Otat 11 Otatara 3.5 13:D 11:L 23:W 9:L 33:W 26:W
15 HASTIE, JEREMY GB 11 GRANTS BRAES 3 12:W 1:L 19:W 27:W 2:L 11:L
16 RAINS, JESSICA 10 CA 3 9:W 30:W 5:L 26:W 4:L 10:L
17 KILGOUR-HAND, WILLIAM DNI 12 253 3 4:L 28:W 6:L 24:W 19:W 7:L
18 BIGGS, HARRISON GB 8 GRANTS BRAES 3 21:L 23:W 30:W 13:L 20:W 9:L
19 MASON, BEN MH 8 Maori Hill 2 3 0:W 20:L 15:L 31:W 17:L 30:W
20 HARTONO, PETER GB 10 242 3 33:W 19:W 1:L 12:L 18:L 28:W
21 TAMIMI, NASER Balm 12 Balmacewen 3 18:W 4:L 12:L 28:L 25:W 27:W
22 BLACK, OSCAR Kaik 10 376 Kaikorai 2 3 25:L 34:W 32:W 6:L 30:W 8:L
23 EDWARDS, ALEX Otat 11 Otatara 2.5 7:L 18:L 14:L 29:W 24:D 33:W
24 CLANCY, KEVIN MH 9 Maori Hill 2 2.5 26:L 35:W 27:L 17:L 23:D 34:W
25 GOMEZ, MAX GB 10 GRANTS BRAES 2 22:W 10:L 3:L 11:L 21:L 0:W
26 PADIYAR, VRAJESH Kaik 10 348 Kaikorai 1 2 24:W 32:W 7:L 16:L 8:L 14:L
27 VAN ROOYEN, CHISTOPH E Ta 9 725 2 31:W 2:L 24:W 15:L 13:L 21:L
28 ROWLAND, FINN Salf 9 2 30:L 17:L 0:W 21:W 11:L 20:L
29 REYNOLDS, FRASER Kair 11 Kaikorai 2 1:L 9:L 33:D 23:L 31:W 32:D
30 HARMONIE, ASTER 8 142 Home School 2 28:W 16:L 18:L 32:W 22:L 19:L
31 OGLE, MATTHEW Balm 11 2 27:L 3:L 34:W 19:L 29:L 35:W
32 TAGGART, NICHOLAS MH 9 Maori Hill 2 2 35:W 26:L 22:L 30:L 34:D 29:D
33 REEVES, BENJAMIN Kaik 9 Kaikorai 2 1.5 20:L 8:L 29:D 35:W 14:L 23:L
34 SOO, DAMIAN Kaik 11 Kaikorai 1 1.5 10:L 22:L 31:L 0:W 32:D 24:L
35 HARTONO, THOMAS StBp 8 108 1 32:L 24:L 13:L 33:L 0:W 31:L
Standings
Place Name Sch Age Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 KIM, KAN Balm 12 608 6 14.0 21.0 21.0
2-3 JANEROL, JOHN PAUL Verd 11 5 15.0 23.0 18.0
VAN ROOYEN, CARLSSEN Balm 11 911 5 14.5 21.0 15.0
4 EDWARDS, HAMISH Otat 9 4.5 13.5 21.5 16.0
5-11 WISEMAN, PALIN 11 402 4 17.0 26.0 18.0
KIRKPATRICK, LIAM Waka 11 4 15.0 24.0 15.0
LEAPER, SAMUEL MH 8 4 13.0 20.0 16.0
HILHORST, HEBE Waka 11 4 13.0 18.5 12.0
CLAYTON, BEN StCl 11 349 4 12.5 19.0 12.0
STAR, MIRO 10 421 4 12.5 18.5 15.0
BOX, TAINE Balm 11 754 4 12.0 17.5 11.0
12-14 LOUGH, MAX MH 8 3.5 13.0 21.0 13.0
BUCHANAN, JACK MH 8 3.5 12.5 17.5 12.0
BURROWS, SEAN Otat 11 3.5 12.0 17.5 10.0
15-22 HASTIE, JEREMY GB 11 3 14.5 22.5 13.0
RAINS, JESSICA 10 3 14.0 20.5 14.0
KILGOUR-HAND, WILLIAM DNI 12 253 3 13.0 19.0 10.0
BIGGS, HARRISON GB 8 3 12.0 18.0 11.0
MASON, BEN MH 8 3 11.0 16.0 10.0
HARTONO, PETER GB 10 242 3 10.0 17.5 12.0
TAMIMI, NASER Balm 12 3 9.5 15.5 9.0
BLACK, OSCAR Kaik 10 376 3 9.5 14.5 11.0
23-24 EDWARDS, ALEX Otat 11 2.5 11.0 16.5 5.0
CLANCY, KEVIN MH 9 2.5 7.5 11.0 7.0
25-32 GOMEZ, MAX GB 10 2 14.0 22.0 7.0
PADIYAR, VRAJESH Kaik 10 348 2 13.0 19.0 11.0
VAN ROOYEN, CHISTOPH E Ta 9 725 2 12.0 19.0 10.0
ROWLAND, FINN Salf 9 2 12.0 18.0 7.0
REYNOLDS, FRASER Kair 11 2 10.5 18.0 4.5
HARMONIE, ASTER 8 142 2 10.5 15.0 9.0
OGLE, MATTHEW Balm 11 2 7.5 13.0 5.0
TAGGART, NICHOLAS MH 9 2 7.0 10.5 7.5
33-34 REEVES, BENJAMIN Kaik 9 1.5 11.0 15.5 5.0
SOO, DAMIAN Kaik 11 1.5 10.5 16.5 4.0
35 HARTONO, THOMAS StBp 8 108 1 9.5 14.5 2.0
Team Standings
Place Team Score
1 BALMACEWEN 13
2 MAORI HILL 1 11
3 OTATARA 10.5
4 HOME SCHOOL 10
5-6 GRANTS BRAES 8
WAKATIPU HS 1 8
7 MAORI HILL 2 7.5
8 KAIKORAI 2 4.5
9 KAIKORAI 1 3.5
10 CA 3
11 KAIKORAI 2
Otago Rapid Championship leg 1 – 23 June
John Sutherland established a commanding lead in the A grade after the first leg, finishing with 5/6. Iain Lamont and Quentin Johnson are chasing on 3½. In the B grade Geoff Aimers emerged in the lead on 4½ to replace Hamish Gold in the A grade for the second leg. Patrick Dawson is next on 3½. Charlie Ruffman sewed up the C-grade on 4½ to move up to the B grade, followed by Brent Southgate on 3 points. The D grade has many unfinished games, though Remi Ritchie currently leads on 3½. The E grade was was the most affected by missed games - Joel Smith won the 4 he has played to lead.
OT Rapid Chp 2010 A grade leg 1
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 SUTHERLAND, JOHN L 5 4:W 2:W 3:W 4:W 2:W 3:L
2 LAMONT, IAIN 3.5 3:W 1:L 4:W 3:D 1:L 4:W
3 JOHNSON, QUENTIN 3.5 2:L 4:W 1:L 2:D 4:W 1:W
4 GOLD, HAMISH R 0 1:L 3:L 2:L 1:L 3:L 2:L
OT Rapid Chp 2010 B grade leg 1
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 AIMERS, GEOFFREY 4.5 3:W 4:W 2:D 3:L 4:W 2:W
2 DAWSON, PATRICK 3.5 4:D 3:W 1:D 4:D 3:W 1:L
3 LYDIATE, CHRISTOPHER 2.5 1:L 2:L 4:W 1:W 2:L 4:D
4 RITCHIE, ANTHONY 1.5 2:D 1:L 3:L 2:D 1:L 3:D
OT Rapid Chp 2010 C grade leg 1
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 RUFFMAN, CHARLIE 4.5 3:W 2:L 4:W 3:W 2:D 4:W
2 SOUTHGATE, BRENT 3 4:W 1:W 3:D 4:L 1:D 3:L
3 REID, DAVID M 2.5 1:L 4:W 2:D 1:L 4:L 2:W
4 CLARKSON, ROBERT D 2 2:L 3:L 1:L 2:W 3:W 1:L
OT Rapid Chp 2010 D grade leg 1
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 RITCHIE, REMI 3.5 2:D 3:W 4:D 2:L 3:W 4:D
2 ARMSTRONG, JOHN F 2 1:D 4:- 3:L 1:W 4:- 3:D
3 MUNRO, ELLIOT 1.5 4:- 1:L 2:W 4:- 1:L 2:D
4 BROWN, JOSEPH 1 3:- 2:- 1:D 3:- 2:- 1:D
OT Rapid Chp 2010 E grade leg 1
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 SMITH, JOEL 4 4:W 4:W 0: 0: 3:W 3:W 0: 0:
2 XU, LOGAN 3.5 5:W 5:L 3:W 3:W 4:L 4:D 5: 5:
3 MORATTI, DAVID 3 6:W 6:L 2:L 2:L 1:L 1:L 4:W 4:W
4 LAI, KENG YIN 1.5 1:L 1:L 0: 0: 2:W 2:D 3:L 3:L
5 MUNRO, ELLIOT 1 2:L 2:W 0: 0: 0: 0: 2: 2:
6 SMITH, WILLIAM 1 3:L 3:W 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:
Otago/Southland Primary and Intermediate School Teams Championship – 12 June
Another big turnout at the host school DNI's main hall meant that for the first time in six years of this competition the field could be split into two separate groups: Intermediate (year 7-8) and Primary (year 1-6).
The Intermediate field with 13 teams from eight schools was a very close contest that went right to the wire. The eventual victors were the Home School team on 16/24 points followed in 2nd place by Tahuna Intermediate 15 points and 3rd (on countback - 4 match points to DNI Black's 3½) the Balmacewen B team. The Home school team met each other through playing at Dunedin Junior Chess Academy, at the Otago Chess Club. The Balmacewen A team also did very well but were penalised 2 points for players talking to their team mates during their game, which had been clearly outlawed to prevent potential cheating, and were unable to recover the points in time. It was discovered too late that the Fairfield B team should have played in the Primary section (all year 6 and under).
The Primary event comprised 10 teams from 6 schools and 1st went to The Enrich A team on 20½/24 points. 2nd were St Clair Primary A, 14 points and 3rd (on countback with 4 match points ahead of Kaikorai A and Enrich B) were Maori Hill on 12½ points. Enrich A who travelled all the way from Invercargill (with a B & C team) were clearly the best team. However, the place at the national finals in Christchurch in September was earned by St Clair A, as the national rules require pupils be from a single school were they receive at least 50% tuition. Individual Board Scores View Otago Daily Times coverage and photo View Southland Times coverage and photo
Int School Teams
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Home School, Int 16.0 10:4.0 5:2.0 8:3.0 2:2.5 3:2.5 4:2.0
2 Tahuna Intermediate, Int 15.0 13:3.5 11:4.0 3:3.0 1:1.5 5:1.0 6:2.0
3 Dunedin North Int Black, Int 14.5 7:4.0 8:2.0 2:1.0 5:3.0 1:1.5 12:3.0
4 Balmacewen B, Int 14.5 6:2.0 7:2.0 10:2.0 13:2.5 11:4.0 1:2.0
5 Balmacewen A, Int 14.0 9:4.0 1:2.0 6:3.0 3:1.0 2:1.0 10:3.0
6 John McGlashan, Int 14.0 4:2.0 13:3.5 5:1.0 8:2.0 9:3.5 2:2.0
7 Portobello, Int 13.0 3:0.0 4:2.0 12:2.5 11:1.5 0:4.0 13:3.0
8 Balmacewen D, Int 12.0 0:4.0 3:2.0 1:1.0 6:2.0 10:2.0 9:1.0
9 Fairfield A, Int 11.5 5:0.0 12:3.0 11:3.0 10:2.0 6:.5 8:3.0
10 Dunedin North Int Red, Int 11.0 1:0.0 0:4.0 4:2.0 9:2.0 8:2.0 5:1.0
11 Liberton Christian School, Int 11.0 12:3.5 2:0.0 9:1.0 7:2.5 4:0.0 0:4.0
12 Balmacewen C, Int 11.0 11:.5 9:1.0 7:1.5 0:4.0 13:3.0 3:1.0
13 Fairfield B, Int 8.5 2:.5 6:.5 0:4.0 4:1.5 12:1.0 7:1.0
Prim School Teams
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Enrich A, Prim 20.5 4:4.0 10:4.0 2:2.5 3:3.0 6:3.0 9:4.0
2 St Clair Primary A, Prim 14.0 5:2.5 3:2.5 1:1.5 7:2.0 4:2.5 10:3.0
3 Kaikorai Primary A, Prim 12.5 8:3.0 2:1.5 5:3.5 1:1.0 7:3.0 6:.5
4 Maori Hill, Prim 12.5 1:0.0 8:3.0 6:3.0 9:2.5 2:1.5 7:2.5
5 Enrich B, Prim 12.5 2:1.5 6:3.0 3:.5 10:2.0 9:2.5 8:3.0
6 Grant’s Braes School, Prim 12.0 7:2.5 5:1.0 4:1.0 8:3.0 1:1.0 3:3.5
7 Enrich C, Prim 12.0 6:1.5 9:2.0 10:4.0 2:2.0 3:1.0 4:1.5
8 St Clair Primary B, Prim 9.0 3:1.0 4:1.0 9:1.5 6:1.0 10:3.5 5:1.0
9 Kaikorai Primary B, Prim 8.5 10:1.0 7:2.0 8:2.5 4:1.5 5:1.5 1:0.0
10 George St Normal, Prim 6.5 9:3.0 1:0.0 7:0.0 5:2.0 8:.5 2:1.0
Otago/Southland Secondary School Teams Championship – 29 May
This year's event was very successful despite the awful weather with 13 teams from seven schools, including four teams from Central Otago braving the floods to compete. Defending champions, the Logan Park HS A team, fielding the same players that won last year, again proved too good for the opposition. They finished on 23/24, dropping just two draws to OBHS A in round 3. OBHS, while not managing to regain the trophy, had a result that augured well for future years: OBHS A finished 2nd on 19½, OBHS B 3rd on 16½ and OBHS C 4th on 16 points. Considering the young age of many of their players, with such strength in depth they will be very competitive for several more years. The teams travelling from Central Otago performed creditably despite their inexperience in this competition and we hope they will tak part again in future years. Another newcomer, St Hilda's Collegiate also did well despite a largely inexperienced team, even managing ot win their final match with a great team effort. Perhaps the unluckiest team was former champion, Kings HS, who were just good enough this year to avoid the bye and meet the LPHS A team in the final round, thus finishing on a score that didn't reflect their strength. Individual Board Scores
Cross Table
No Name Feder Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Logan Park HS A, 23.0 11:4.0 4:4.0 2:3.0 6:4.0 3:4.0 10:4.0
2 OBHS A, 19.5 5:3.0 7:4.0 1:1.0 10:3.5 6:4.0 12:4.0
3 OBHS B, 16.5 10:2.0 5:3.0 8:3.5 7:4.0 1:0.0 13:4.0
4 OBHS C, 16.0 0:4.0 1:0.0 9:4.0 5:2.0 8:4.0 6:2.0
5 Logan Park HS B, 13.5 2:1.0 3:1.0 12:4.0 4:2.0 9:3.5 7:2.0
6 Wakatipu HS 1, 12.0 9:4.0 8:3.0 10:3.0 1:0.0 2:0.0 4:2.0
7 Wakatipu HS 2, 12.0 12:4.0 2:0.0 11:4.0 3:0.0 10:2.0 5:2.0
8 John McGlashan College A, 12.0 13:3.5 6:1.0 3:.5 12:3.0 4:0.0 0:4.0
9 John McGlashan College B, 10.0 6:0.0 0:4.0 4:0.0 13:4.0 5:.5 11:1.5
10 Kings HS, 9.5 3:2.0 13:4.0 6:1.0 2:.5 7:2.0 1:0.0
11 St Hildas, 8.5 1:0.0 12:1.0 7:0.0 0:4.0 13:1.0 9:2.5
12 Cromwell College A, 8.0 7:0.0 11:3.0 5:0.0 8:1.0 0:4.0 2:0.0
13 Cromwell College B, 7.5 8:.5 10:0.0 0:4.0 9:0.0 11:3.0 3:0.0
Cleland Trophy – 26 May
John Sutherland easily retained the trophy with a 6/6 picket fence. Second place was shared by Patrick Dawson and Hamish Gold on 4 points. This was particularly impressive from Dawson, who beat Gold and won all his games except for against Sutherland to get to 4/5 then missed the final round. Club President Terry Duffield turned in a solid performance to finishe 4th on 3½ while the pick of the players on 3 points was another promising junior player, Elliot Munro.
John Sutherland managed a narrow victory in the first Blitz tournament of the year. He finished on 8/10 just ahead of Geoff Aimers on 7½ in 2nd and Elliot Munro and visitor Roland equal 3rd on 7. Elliot's result was partcularly notable as he took one of the points off the winner. Other scores: Charlie Ruffman 5½; Anthony Ritchie 5; William Smith 4; Bob Clarkson 3½; David Moratti and Joel Smith 2½; Joseph Brown ½.
Swiss Standard – 7 April
Geoff Aimers was the eventual winner of the Swiss Standard event. After a loss to early leader Terry Duffield he won all his other games to finish on 4/5. Second Place went to David Reid on 3½ while Duffiled finished tied with Hamish Gold and new member William Smith on 3 points.
Cross Table
No Name Feder Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5
1 Aimers, GEOFFREY 4 12:W 4:L 8:W 9:W 5:W
2 Johnson, QUENTIN 3.5 0:D 6:W 0:D 0:D 4:W
3 Reid, DAVID M 3.5 18:W 5:W 4:L 12:W 7:D
4 Duffield, TERENCE 3 16:W 1:W 3:W 5:L 2:L
5 Gold, HAMISH R 3 17:W 3:L 11:W 4:W 1:L
6 Smith, William 3 8:W 2:L 9:L 13:W 14:W
7 Southgate, BRENT 2.5 20:W 10:L 12:D 8:D 3:D
8 Clarkson, ROBERT D 2.5 6:L 16:W 1:L 7:D 19:W
9 Dawson, PATRICK 2 0: 17:W 6:W 1:L 0:L
10 Sutherland, John L 2 11:W 7:W 0:L 0:L 0:L
11 Armstrong, JOHN F 2 10:L 20:W 5:L 14:W 0:L
12 Munro, ELLIOT 1.5 1:L 15:W 7:D 3:L 0:L
13 Brown, JOSEPH 1 0: 14:W 0:L 6:L 0:L
14 Ruffman, CHARLIE 1 0: 13:L 17:W 11:L 6:L
15 Xu, LOGAN 1 0: 12:L 0:L 16:W 0:L
16 Moratti, DAVID 1 4:L 8:L 20:W 15:L 0:L
17 Smith, JOEL 1 5:L 9:L 14:L 20:W 0:L
18 Mcalevey-Scurr, BLAKE 0 3:L 0:L 0:L 0:L 0:L
19 KIM, KAN 0 0: 0: 0: 0: 8:L
20 Lai, KENG YIN 0 7:L 11:L 16:L 17:L 0:L
Swiss Rapid – 3 March
Quentin Johnson won the first event of the year, taking out the Swiss Rapid with 5/6. 2nd was shared by John Sutherland, Geoff Aimers, David Reid and Chris Lydiate on 4. Junior membr Charlie Ruffman performed well to finish 6th on 3½.
The 2010 committee comprises:
President: Terry Duffield; Vice President: Bob Clarkson; Secretary: Geoff Aimers; Treasurer: John Sutherland; Director of Junior Play (ex committee): Quentin Johnson; Past-President: Alistair Newbould; Committee members: Hamish Gold, Brent Southgate & Chris Lydiate.
Bob Glass was elected as Patron and honorary Auditor.
Otago Chess Club 2010 Championship Winners – 14 December
1st= John Sutherland
1st= Iain Lamont
3rd Bob Wansink
1st John Sutherland
2nd Iain Lamont
3rd Bob Wansink
1st Brent Southgate
2nd= Patrick Dawson
2nd= David Reid
2nd= Terry Duffield
1st Geoff Aimers
2nd Charlie Ruffman
3rd Patrick Dawson
1st Charlie Ruffman
2nd= Leighton Nicholls
2nd= Elliot Munro
1st Remi Ritchie
2nd John Armstrong
3rd= Elliot Munro & Joel Smith
1st Iain Lamont
2nd Charlie Ruffman
3rd Patrick Dawson
1st Charlie Ruffman
2nd Joel Smith
3rd John Sutherland
1st Robert Wansink
Perpetual Handicap championship – 14 December
At the end of the 2011 year the highest improvers on club ratings were:Standard
1st Iain Lamont +75
2nd Charlie Ruffman +50
3rd Patrick Dawson +47
Rapid
1st Charlie Ruffman +55
2nd Joel Smith +51
3rd John Sutherland +49
Closing night – 14 December
The last club night of the year saw a 6-player hourglass roundrobin with one minute each on the clock. For those that don't know this time limit it will be used in the first event of 2011 - with 10 minutes each, so here was some useful practice. The result was a triumph from youth over experience: 1 Leighton Nicholls 4½/5, 2 Charlie Ruffman 4, 3 Quentin Johnson 3½, 4-6 Tom Mottershead, Brent Southgate & John Armstrong 1.Otago Summer Rapid – 11 December
The repeat of the Summer Rapid event of last year saw a very healthy turnout of 22 players. Along with the usual suspects there was a strong turnout of juniors both from the club and the Dunedin Junior Chess Academy, looking to gain experience by mixing it with the adults. In addition top of that was interest from outside Dunedin in Moss Wylie, Ross Black, as well as the Rains brothers coming down from Christchurch to compete. An finally a sprinkling of overseas players in the form of either students or tourists. It was one of these, Daniel Fox, who plays in Germany, who won the event with a picket fence. Seeded number one, he beat the next three seeds in the last three rounds to see off all competition. Second was shared by John Sutherland, Quentin Johnson and Edward Rains (who won the U1700 grade). The Junior/2nd U1700 grade prize was split by Tim Rains, Amanda Hipshon (ENG) and Charlie Ruffman, with Amanda taking the best girls prize ahead of Sarah Atkins. The U1000 prize was shared by David Moratti and Leighton Nicholls.Summer 60-60 – 8 December
With many players still completing championship games, the way was left clear for Quentin Johnson to win the Summer 60-60 tournament with 5/5. Second went to Hamish Gold on 3 points ahead of John Sutherland and Tom Mottershead on 2½ having played just 2 and 3 games respectively. Former president Tony Dowden made a guest appearance in round one to beat Charlie Ruffman while visiting Dunedin.Otago Club Championship leg 2 – 1 December
Iain Lamont won his last two games to tie with John Sutherland for overall first and take out his first Senior Championship title.No more games were played in the B and C Grades, so Brent Southgate is the Intermediate champion with an aggregate score of 7½ and Charlie Ruffman is the Junior champion for 2010.
Otago Club Championship leg 2 – 27 October
John Sutherland is assured of retaining the Otago Club Championship in 2010 with a game in hand, as his closest rival Iain Lamont with two games to play can at best only tie for overall first. Bob Wansink made a welcome return to club play and scored and impressive 4/5 in the second leg, but cannot win on aggregate as he missed the first leg.Patrick Dawson looks most likely to take the Intermediate title in 2010 as his aggregate score of 5 is only matched by David Reid, and he has three games in hand, though Bob Clarkson is only a half point behind with the same number of games to play.
Charlie Ruffman is the Junior champion for 2010, with an aggregate of 9 points - an unbeatable three-point lead over Elliot Munro and fast improving new junior member Leighton Nicholls.
A Grade
Blitz Championship – 15 September
Robert Wansink beat all comers to wink the Blitz championhip on 13/13* (* indicates that points were awarded when opponents had already gone home - to preserve equity between the front-runners), ahead of Quentin Johnson in second on 12/13*, Hamish Gold on 10/13* and Terry Duffield on 9/13*. Of those that could not stay to the end of the marathon round-robin, notable scores were Leighton Nicholls and Charlie Ruffman both on 5/8, new member Tom Mottershead on 4½/8 and Elliot Munro on 4/7.Otago Rapid Championship leg 2 – 8 September
Robert Wansink made a successful return to club play in the A grade of the Rapid Championship - winning all six games. John Sutherland and Iain Lamont finished tied on 3 points each after Adrien Barral defaulted his two games to Lamont. That makes Sutherland the 2010 Otago Rapid Champion with a combined score of 8/12, ahead of Lamont on 6½ and Wansink (having only payed one leg) on 6.With the withdrawal of Patrick Dawson from the B Grade 2nd leg, Geoff Aimers looks likely to win on 6/8 so far. I hesitate to comment on the rest at this stage, as too many games remain to be played which could affect the final standings.
Update 27 Oct: Assuming no more games are played the final results for the Rapid Championsip 2010 are
Senior: 1st John Sutherland 8; 2nd Iain Lamont 6½; 3rd Bob Wansink 6
Intermediate: 1st Geoff Aimers 6¾; 2nd Charlie Ruffman 3¾; 3rd Patrick Dawson 3½
Junior: 1st Remi Ritchie 5; 2nd John Armstrong 4; 3rd= Elliot Munro & Joel Smith 3.
Otago Club Championship leg 1 – 11 August
John Sutherland took out the first leg of the 2010 Club championship A grade, finishing with 4½/5 only dropping a draw to Quentin Johnson. Iain Lamont finished close on his heels at 4 points, with Johnson back in third on 3.With a couple of games still to be completed in the B Grade, Patrick Dawson and Bob Clarkson are confirmed at finishing 1st and second on 4/5 and 3½ points respectively.
In the more chaotic C Grade, Charlie Ruffman on 4/6 and Elliot Munro on 3/4 are the leaders on points.
A Grade
Otago/Southland Junior Championship – 14 August
The huge increase in players this year from previous years meant that late entries had to be turned away from the 2010 Otago/Southland Junior championships. The final tally of 64 players split into two separate tournaments filled every avalaible tablke space inthe Otago Chess Club and some competitors had to share seats. Apologies are due to the players who were turned away, but there was no way to organise a bigger venue at the last minute. With players coming from Invercargill, Queenstown and Christchurch it was and enormous task to co-ordinate the players, and thanks are due to Clinton Rains for agreeing to be an assistant DOP.In the event it was his son Timothy Rains (CBHS) who won all his games in the Over 13 event to take first prize, ahead of 5 players tied for 2nd on 4 point from 5 games: Patrick Dawson, Adam Scott, Charlie Ruffman (All Logan Park HS), Elliot Munro and Remi Ritchie (OBHS). Because Timothy is from outside the region he was ineligible and the others all sher the title of Otago/Southland Junior Champion 2010. Three of these players also shared the U16 prize: Charlie Ruffman (LPHS), Elliot Munro and Remi Ritchie (OBHS). The team prize went to the LPHS team of Patrick Dawson, Adam Scott and Cameron Vercoe-Groenen.
The Under 13 tournament managed to get through 6 rounds and had a clearcut leader and champion in Kan Kim (Balmacewen), who won all six games. He was foillowed in equal second place by John Paul Janerol (Verdon College) and Carlssen van Rooyen (Balmacewen) both on 5 points.
The 10-and-under forst placve went to Hamish Edwards (Otatara) on 4½ points ahead on Miro Star (home-schooled) on 4 in second place and a three-way tie for third on 3½ point between Max Louch, Jack Buchanan (both Maori Hill) and Sean Burrows (Otatara). The best girl prize went to Hebe Hilhorst (Wakatipu) on 4 points and the best team was Balmacewen (Kan Kim, Carlssen van Rooyen and Taine Box).
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U20 and U16 crosstable, placings and teams scores
Otago/Southland Junior Championship 2010 Cross Table No Name Sch Age Rtg Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 RAINS, TIMOTHY CBHS 13 1358 CA 5 13:W 9:W 22:W 4:W 3:W 2 DAWSON, PATRICK LPHS 17 1551 LPHS 4 17:W 6:W 5:W 3:L 8:W 3 RUFFMAN, CHARLIE LPHS 14 1449 LPHS 2 4 12:W 19:W 11:W 2:W 1:L 4 SCOTT, ADAM LPHS 18 1454 LPHS 4 10:W 16:W 15:W 1:L 7:W 5 RITCHIE, REMI OBHS 13 1175 OBHS2 4 24:W 26:W 2:L 9:W 10:W 6 MUNRO, ELLIOT OBHS 14 1109 OBHS 4 29:W 2:L 14:W 15:W 16:W 7 VERCOE-GROENEN, CAMERON LPHS 18 1095 LPHS 3 18:W 22:L 13:W 11:W 4:L 8 RAINS, EDWARD CBHS 15 1383 CA 3 14:W 15:L 12:W 16:W 2:L 9 MORATTI, LUKE OBHS 16 962 OBHS 3 21:W 1:L 23:W 5:L 17:W 10 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON 12 524 OT 3 4:L 25:W 18:W 19:W 5:L 11 BARNETT, PETER LPHS 14 LPHS 2 3 23:W 17:W 3:L 7:L 20:W 12 SMITH, TROY SBHS 16 3 3:L 29:W 8:L 18:W 19:W 13 ALVES, SERGIO Waka 14 Wakatipu HS 3 3 1:L 28:W 7:L 23:W 15:W 14 AMAN, JAMWAL Waka 15 Wakatipu HS 2 3 8:L 27:W 6:L 25:W 24:W 15 MORATTI, DAVID OBHS 14 774 OBHS 2 27:W 8:W 4:L 6:L 13:L 16 MCALEVEY-SCURR, BLAKE LPHS 14 1045 LPHS 2 2 25:W 4:L 26:W 8:L 6:L 17 ATKINS, SARAH St H 14 620 2 2:L 11:L 21:W 27:W 9:L 18 SPEIGHT, REECE Waka 14 Wakatipu HS 2 2 7:L 20:W 10:L 12:L 27:W 19 SMITH, JOEL OBHS 13 1054 OBHS2 2 28:W 3:L 24:W 10:L 12:L 20 CRIGHTON, JAMES Fair 13 722 2 22:L 18:L 28:W 26:W 11:L 21 YADAV, AMAN Waka 14 Wakatipu HS 2 2 9:L 24:L 17:L 28:W 26:W 22 BARRAL, ADRIEN FRAN 16 1650 2 20:W 7:W 1:L 0: 0: 23 KEY, AJ Waka 13 Wakatipu HS 1 1.5 11:L 0:W 9:L 13:L 25:D 24 COSTELLO, RORY JMC 14 John McGlashan 1.5 5:L 21:W 19:L 29:D 14:L 25 WAI, JEREMY JMC 14 John McGlashan 1.5 16:L 10:L 29:W 14:L 23:D 26 HEFFERNAN, ZACHARY Verd 14 1 0:W 5:L 16:L 20:L 21:L 27 CORDELLE, LIAM Waka 13 Wakatipu HS 3 1 15:L 14:L 0:W 17:L 18:L 28 SPEIGHT, THOMAS Waka 14 Wakatipu HS 3 1 19:L 13:L 20:L 21:L 29:W 29 SHARMA, SAMRAT JMC 14 John McGlashan .5 6:L 12:L 25:L 24:D 28:L Standings Place Name Sch Age Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr. 1 RAINS, TIMOTHY CBHS 13 1358 5 10.0 17.0 15.0 2-6 DAWSON, PATRICK LPHS 17 1551 4 11.0 17.0 13.0 RUFFMAN, CHARLIE LPHS 14 1449 4 10.0 17.0 14.0 SCOTT, ADAM LPHS 18 1454 4 8.0 15.0 13.0 RITCHIE, REMI OBHS 13 1175 4 7.5 12.0 12.0 MUNRO, ELLIOT OBHS 14 1109 4 7.0 11.5 11.0 7-14 VERCOE-GROENEN, CAMERON LPHS 18 1095 3 9.0 15.0 10.0 RAINS, EDWARD CBHS 15 1383 3 8.0 14.0 10.0 MORATTI, LUKE OBHS 16 962 3 8.0 14.0 9.0 NICHOLLS, LEIGHTON 12 524 3 8.0 13.5 9.0 BARNETT, PETER LPHS 14 3 7.0 12.0 10.0 SMITH, TROY SBHS 16 3 7.0 11.5 7.0 ALVES, SERGIO Waka 14 3 6.0 12.0 7.0 AMAN, JAMWAL Waka 15 3 6.0 10.5 7.0 15-22 MORATTI, DAVID OBHS 14 774 2 10.0 14.5 9.0 MCALEVEY-SCURR, BLAKE LPHS 14 1045 2 8.5 13.0 8.0 ATKINS, SARAH St H 14 620 2 8.0 12.5 5.0 SPEIGHT, REECE Waka 14 2 8.0 11.5 5.0 SMITH, JOEL OBHS 13 1054 2 7.5 12.5 8.0 CRIGHTON, JAMES Fair 13 722 2 6.0 9.5 5.0 YADAV, AMAN Waka 14 2 4.5 8.0 3.0 BARRAL, ADRIEN FRAN 16 1650 2 3.0 10.0 5.0 23-25 KEY, AJ Waka 13 1.5 8.5 13.0 4.5 COSTELLO, RORY JMC 14 1.5 7.0 11.5 5.0 WAI, JEREMY JMC 14 1.5 6.0 9.5 3.5 26-28 HEFFERNAN, ZACHARY Verd 14 1 6.5 12.5 5.0 CORDELLE, LIAM Waka 13 1 6.5 11.5 3.0 SPEIGHT, THOMAS Waka 14 1 6.0 9.5 1.0 29 SHARMA, SAMRAT JMC 14 0.5 6.0 11.0 1.0 Team Standings Place Team Score 1 LPHS 11 2-3 LPHS 2 9 OBHS 9 4 CA 8 5 WAKATIPU HS 2 7 6 OBHS2 6 7 WAKATIPU HS 3 5 8 JOHN MCGLASHAN 3.5 9 OT 3 10 WAKATIPU HS 1 1.5U13 and U10 crosstable, placings and teams scoresOtago/Southland Junior u13 Championship 2010 Cross Table No Name Sch Age Rtg Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 KIM, KAN Balm 12 608 Balmacewen 6 29:W 15:W 20:W 2:W 5:W 6:W 2 JANEROL, JOHN PAUL Verd 11 5 3:W 27:W 10:W 1:L 15:W 12:W 3 VAN ROOYEN, CARLSSEN Balm 11 911 5 2:L 31:W 25:W 4:W 7:W 5:W 4 EDWARDS, HAMISH Otat 9 Otatara 4.5 17:W 21:W 9:D 3:L 16:W 13:W 5 WISEMAN, PALIN 11 402 Home School 4 8:W 6:W 16:W 7:W 1:L 3:L 6 KIRKPATRICK, LIAM Waka 11 Wakatipu HS 1 4 11:W 5:L 17:W 22:W 10:W 1:L 7 LEAPER, SAMUEL MH 8 Maori Hill 1 4 23:W 13:W 26:W 5:L 3:L 17:W 8 HILHORST, HEBE Waka 11 Wakatipu HS 1 4 5:L 33:W 11:W 10:L 26:W 22:W 9 CLAYTON, BEN StCl 11 349 4 16:L 29:W 4:D 14:W 12:D 18:W 10 STAR, MIRO 10 421 Home School 4 34:W 25:W 2:L 8:W 6:L 16:W 11 BOX, TAINE Balm 11 754 Balmacewen 4 6:L 14:W 8:L 25:W 28:W 15:W 12 LOUGH, MAX MH 8 Maori Hill 1 3.5 15:L 0:W 21:W 20:W 9:D 2:L 13 BUCHANAN, JACK MH 8 Maori Hill 1 3.5 14:D 7:L 35:W 18:W 27:W 4:L 14 BURROWS, SEAN Otat 11 Otatara 3.5 13:D 11:L 23:W 9:L 33:W 26:W 15 HASTIE, JEREMY GB 11 GRANTS BRAES 3 12:W 1:L 19:W 27:W 2:L 11:L 16 RAINS, JESSICA 10 CA 3 9:W 30:W 5:L 26:W 4:L 10:L 17 KILGOUR-HAND, WILLIAM DNI 12 253 3 4:L 28:W 6:L 24:W 19:W 7:L 18 BIGGS, HARRISON GB 8 GRANTS BRAES 3 21:L 23:W 30:W 13:L 20:W 9:L 19 MASON, BEN MH 8 Maori Hill 2 3 0:W 20:L 15:L 31:W 17:L 30:W 20 HARTONO, PETER GB 10 242 3 33:W 19:W 1:L 12:L 18:L 28:W 21 TAMIMI, NASER Balm 12 Balmacewen 3 18:W 4:L 12:L 28:L 25:W 27:W 22 BLACK, OSCAR Kaik 10 376 Kaikorai 2 3 25:L 34:W 32:W 6:L 30:W 8:L 23 EDWARDS, ALEX Otat 11 Otatara 2.5 7:L 18:L 14:L 29:W 24:D 33:W 24 CLANCY, KEVIN MH 9 Maori Hill 2 2.5 26:L 35:W 27:L 17:L 23:D 34:W 25 GOMEZ, MAX GB 10 GRANTS BRAES 2 22:W 10:L 3:L 11:L 21:L 0:W 26 PADIYAR, VRAJESH Kaik 10 348 Kaikorai 1 2 24:W 32:W 7:L 16:L 8:L 14:L 27 VAN ROOYEN, CHISTOPH E Ta 9 725 2 31:W 2:L 24:W 15:L 13:L 21:L 28 ROWLAND, FINN Salf 9 2 30:L 17:L 0:W 21:W 11:L 20:L 29 REYNOLDS, FRASER Kair 11 Kaikorai 2 1:L 9:L 33:D 23:L 31:W 32:D 30 HARMONIE, ASTER 8 142 Home School 2 28:W 16:L 18:L 32:W 22:L 19:L 31 OGLE, MATTHEW Balm 11 2 27:L 3:L 34:W 19:L 29:L 35:W 32 TAGGART, NICHOLAS MH 9 Maori Hill 2 2 35:W 26:L 22:L 30:L 34:D 29:D 33 REEVES, BENJAMIN Kaik 9 Kaikorai 2 1.5 20:L 8:L 29:D 35:W 14:L 23:L 34 SOO, DAMIAN Kaik 11 Kaikorai 1 1.5 10:L 22:L 31:L 0:W 32:D 24:L 35 HARTONO, THOMAS StBp 8 108 1 32:L 24:L 13:L 33:L 0:W 31:L Standings Place Name Sch Age Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr. 1 KIM, KAN Balm 12 608 6 14.0 21.0 21.0 2-3 JANEROL, JOHN PAUL Verd 11 5 15.0 23.0 18.0 VAN ROOYEN, CARLSSEN Balm 11 911 5 14.5 21.0 15.0 4 EDWARDS, HAMISH Otat 9 4.5 13.5 21.5 16.0 5-11 WISEMAN, PALIN 11 402 4 17.0 26.0 18.0 KIRKPATRICK, LIAM Waka 11 4 15.0 24.0 15.0 LEAPER, SAMUEL MH 8 4 13.0 20.0 16.0 HILHORST, HEBE Waka 11 4 13.0 18.5 12.0 CLAYTON, BEN StCl 11 349 4 12.5 19.0 12.0 STAR, MIRO 10 421 4 12.5 18.5 15.0 BOX, TAINE Balm 11 754 4 12.0 17.5 11.0 12-14 LOUGH, MAX MH 8 3.5 13.0 21.0 13.0 BUCHANAN, JACK MH 8 3.5 12.5 17.5 12.0 BURROWS, SEAN Otat 11 3.5 12.0 17.5 10.0 15-22 HASTIE, JEREMY GB 11 3 14.5 22.5 13.0 RAINS, JESSICA 10 3 14.0 20.5 14.0 KILGOUR-HAND, WILLIAM DNI 12 253 3 13.0 19.0 10.0 BIGGS, HARRISON GB 8 3 12.0 18.0 11.0 MASON, BEN MH 8 3 11.0 16.0 10.0 HARTONO, PETER GB 10 242 3 10.0 17.5 12.0 TAMIMI, NASER Balm 12 3 9.5 15.5 9.0 BLACK, OSCAR Kaik 10 376 3 9.5 14.5 11.0 23-24 EDWARDS, ALEX Otat 11 2.5 11.0 16.5 5.0 CLANCY, KEVIN MH 9 2.5 7.5 11.0 7.0 25-32 GOMEZ, MAX GB 10 2 14.0 22.0 7.0 PADIYAR, VRAJESH Kaik 10 348 2 13.0 19.0 11.0 VAN ROOYEN, CHISTOPH E Ta 9 725 2 12.0 19.0 10.0 ROWLAND, FINN Salf 9 2 12.0 18.0 7.0 REYNOLDS, FRASER Kair 11 2 10.5 18.0 4.5 HARMONIE, ASTER 8 142 2 10.5 15.0 9.0 OGLE, MATTHEW Balm 11 2 7.5 13.0 5.0 TAGGART, NICHOLAS MH 9 2 7.0 10.5 7.5 33-34 REEVES, BENJAMIN Kaik 9 1.5 11.0 15.5 5.0 SOO, DAMIAN Kaik 11 1.5 10.5 16.5 4.0 35 HARTONO, THOMAS StBp 8 108 1 9.5 14.5 2.0 Team Standings Place Team Score 1 BALMACEWEN 13 2 MAORI HILL 1 11 3 OTATARA 10.5 4 HOME SCHOOL 10 5-6 GRANTS BRAES 8 WAKATIPU HS 1 8 7 MAORI HILL 2 7.5 8 KAIKORAI 2 4.5 9 KAIKORAI 1 3.5 10 CA 3 11 KAIKORAI 2Otago Rapid Championship leg 1 – 23 June
John Sutherland established a commanding lead in the A grade after the first leg, finishing with 5/6. Iain Lamont and Quentin Johnson are chasing on 3½. In the B grade Geoff Aimers emerged in the lead on 4½ to replace Hamish Gold in the A grade for the second leg. Patrick Dawson is next on 3½. Charlie Ruffman sewed up the C-grade on 4½ to move up to the B grade, followed by Brent Southgate on 3 points. The D grade has many unfinished games, though Remi Ritchie currently leads on 3½. The E grade was was the most affected by missed games - Joel Smith won the 4 he has played to lead.Otago/Southland Primary and Intermediate School Teams Championship – 12 June
Another big turnout at the host school DNI's main hall meant that for the first time in six years of this competition the field could be split into two separate groups: Intermediate (year 7-8) and Primary (year 1-6).The Intermediate field with 13 teams from eight schools was a very close contest that went right to the wire. The eventual victors were the Home School team on 16/24 points followed in 2nd place by Tahuna Intermediate 15 points and 3rd (on countback - 4 match points to DNI Black's 3½) the Balmacewen B team. The Home school team met each other through playing at Dunedin Junior Chess Academy, at the Otago Chess Club. The Balmacewen A team also did very well but were penalised 2 points for players talking to their team mates during their game, which had been clearly outlawed to prevent potential cheating, and were unable to recover the points in time. It was discovered too late that the Fairfield B team should have played in the Primary section (all year 6 and under).
The Primary event comprised 10 teams from 6 schools and 1st went to The Enrich A team on 20½/24 points. 2nd were St Clair Primary A, 14 points and 3rd (on countback with 4 match points ahead of Kaikorai A and Enrich B) were Maori Hill on 12½ points. Enrich A who travelled all the way from Invercargill (with a B & C team) were clearly the best team. However, the place at the national finals in Christchurch in September was earned by St Clair A, as the national rules require pupils be from a single school were they receive at least 50% tuition.
Individual Board Scores
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Otago/Southland Secondary School Teams Championship – 29 May
This year's event was very successful despite the awful weather with 13 teams from seven schools, including four teams from Central Otago braving the floods to compete. Defending champions, the Logan Park HS A team, fielding the same players that won last year, again proved too good for the opposition. They finished on 23/24, dropping just two draws to OBHS A in round 3. OBHS, while not managing to regain the trophy, had a result that augured well for future years: OBHS A finished 2nd on 19½, OBHS B 3rd on 16½ and OBHS C 4th on 16 points. Considering the young age of many of their players, with such strength in depth they will be very competitive for several more years. The teams travelling from Central Otago performed creditably despite their inexperience in this competition and we hope they will tak part again in future years. Another newcomer, St Hilda's Collegiate also did well despite a largely inexperienced team, even managing ot win their final match with a great team effort. Perhaps the unluckiest team was former champion, Kings HS, who were just good enough this year to avoid the bye and meet the LPHS A team in the final round, thus finishing on a score that didn't reflect their strength.Individual Board Scores
Cleland Trophy – 26 May
John Sutherland easily retained the trophy with a 6/6 picket fence. Second place was shared by Patrick Dawson and Hamish Gold on 4 points. This was particularly impressive from Dawson, who beat Gold and won all his games except for against Sutherland to get to 4/5 then missed the final round. Club President Terry Duffield turned in a solid performance to finishe 4th on 3½ while the pick of the players on 3 points was another promising junior player, Elliot Munro.Blitz – 14 April
John Sutherland managed a narrow victory in the first Blitz tournament of the year. He finished on 8/10 just ahead of Geoff Aimers on 7½ in 2nd and Elliot Munro and visitor Roland equal 3rd on 7. Elliot's result was partcularly notable as he took one of the points off the winner. Other scores: Charlie Ruffman 5½; Anthony Ritchie 5; William Smith 4; Bob Clarkson 3½; David Moratti and Joel Smith 2½; Joseph Brown ½.Swiss Standard – 7 April
Geoff Aimers was the eventual winner of the Swiss Standard event. After a loss to early leader Terry Duffield he won all his other games to finish on 4/5. Second Place went to David Reid on 3½ while Duffiled finished tied with Hamish Gold and new member William Smith on 3 points.Swiss Rapid – 3 March
Quentin Johnson won the first event of the year, taking out the Swiss Rapid with 5/6. 2nd was shared by John Sutherland, Geoff Aimers, David Reid and Chris Lydiate on 4. Junior membr Charlie Ruffman performed well to finish 6th on 3½.2010 Otago chess club AGM – 10 February
The 2010 committee comprises:President: Terry Duffield; Vice President: Bob Clarkson; Secretary: Geoff Aimers; Treasurer: John Sutherland; Director of Junior Play (ex committee): Quentin Johnson; Past-President: Alistair Newbould; Committee members: Hamish Gold, Brent Southgate & Chris Lydiate.
Bob Glass was elected as Patron and honorary Auditor.